Bell Gardens vs Monrovia

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Gardens and Monrovia: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Gardens and Monrovia are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bell Gardens has the higher population (38,661 vs 37,553 in Monrovia). Monrovia has the higher median household income ($97,083 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). Monrovia has the higher median home value ($891,700 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
Population	38,661	37,553
Median age	32.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$97,083
Median home value	$527,900	$891,700
Median gross rent	$1,658	$2,009
Housing units	9,957	14,796
Homeownership rate	21.2%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
Population	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)	36,816 → 37,553 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)	$77,111 → $97,083 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)	$663,400 → $891,700 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)	$1,590 → $2,009 (+26.4%)

Bell Gardens

Population

42,42138,661

Median household income

$42,223$55,372

Median home value

$388,100$527,900

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,658

Monrovia

Population

36,81637,553

Median household income

$77,111$97,083

Median home value

$663,400$891,700

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.2%
75 and over	3.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	30.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	43.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
No high school diploma	47.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
Drove alone	73.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.2%
Public transit	3.1%	2.2%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
1-unit, detached	55.2%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	10.6%
20 or more units	5.4%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Bell Gardens	Monrovia
Poverty rate	21.8%	10.5%
Average household size	3.91	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1959	1962